V. The Jewish transformation – table of contents in detail
Introduction – the four relevant arenas:
-Israeli Jews
-American Jews
-America
-World
JEWISH ARENAS:
ISRAELI JEWS
1. Summary
2. The long process of Israeli Jews taking over Zionism
(i) The prototype of the Israeli Jew – the Yishuv before World War I
-Jews in exile
-Jews returning
-Herzl’s objection to Jewish immigration
(ii) Sudden rise of Israeli Jews after Balfour Declaration and of WW I
-Yishuv – from fringe of Zionism to mechanism of its fulfillment
-Jews reluctant to come; those who came became icons of Zionism
-Impact of regional destabilization
-Early signs of armed-struggle further raises importance of Yishuv
-European Zionists snub the Yishuv
-British reversal of policy further elevates Yishuv Zionists
-Takeover of Zionism by the Ben-Gurion stream
(iii) Characteristics of the new center of Zionism – Israel
-Negation of the Jewish religion
-Negation of the Jewish Diaspora
-Geographical negation of the Diaspora
-Cultural negation of the Diaspora
-Israelis vs. Jews
(iv) Zionism – success
-Successful melting-pot in Israel
3. But no transformation – hurdles remained till the turn of the 21st Century
-Zionism is secular – can not be organizing principle of Judaism
-Large portion of Jews reject Zionism – the Haredi
-Zionism is Socialist – Jews are not
-Israel – a “charity-case”
-Status quo locked – impossible to transform
4. Hurdles Removed – transformation occurring
Zionism abandoning its secular roots – return to Judaism
(i) Zionism’s secular roots
– Artificial sectoralization of Israeli society
(ii) Jewish resurgence amongst seculars & de-sectoralization of Israel
-De-sectoralization allows seculars to somewhat de-securalize
-Myth of the Israeli tribes
-Rebelling against the rebells
-Round 1: The rebels (early 20th Century)
-Round 2: Rebelling against the rebels (early 21st Century)
-The emergence of the Datlaf (now main stream of secular Israelis)
-Broad range of Datalf’s
-The Datlaf’s contribution to religiosity
(iii) Changing dynamics within the religious community
-Religious-light penetrates secular society
-US Modern Orthodox connect to religious-light, hence to Israel
(iv) Shift of power from secular minority to traditional/religious majority
Non-Zionist Haredi turning Zionist and rising
(i) Early rejection of Zionism
(ii) Growing acceptability of Zionism by the Haredi
(iii) Growing acceptability of Haredi by Israelis
-Getting closer
(iv) Haredi–spring and Haredi as flag-carriers of Zionism
Zionism abandoning its Socialist roots
(i) Zionism’s Socialist roots
(ii) Zionism as icon of global economy
Israel – no longer a charity case
(i) Israeli economic miracle
(ii) Israeli wealth and prosperity
Abandonment of status quo and a new culture of change
(i) Early perpetuation of status quo
(ii) Breaking of the status quo
(iii) Dynamic society quick to change
(iv) Rebelling against government
Hurdles to transformation removed
-conditions ripe for a transformation
5. Ecosystem supports transformation
Shift from Tel Aviv to Zion
(i) Historic perspective
(ii) Shifts within Tel Aviv
-The domestic migrant to Tel Aviv becomes the local
-Tel Aviv population replacement
-Synagogue attendee and Shabbat
-Voting patterns
-Reflected in re-embrace of overt Zionism
-Tel Aviv as AltNeuLand
-Tel Aviv as Uganda
(iii) Shifts within Jerusalem
-The 3,000 year evolution of Jerusalem
(iv) Half-full vs. Half-empty
(v) Supporting shift from Tel Aviv to the periphery
Israel’s non-Jews accept Zionism
(i) Israeli Arabs
(ii) Israeli Druze
(iii) Russians and other non-Jews
(iv) Foreign workers
Shift from European influence to American influence
(i) Early opinion leaders: Europhiles, Socialists
(ii) Current generation: America-influenced
Israelis rejection of Universalism and embrace of particularity
(i) Brought from Europe – “be like everybody else”
(ii) Israelis chose to be Israeli
6. Conclusion: For Israelis, Zionism is Judaism
JUDAISM 3.0 